You can find the DVD "Penny Serenade" in the bargain bin at many stores which in a way is an insult but a great opportunity for you to add this great film to your DVD collection for pennies.
22 out of 25 found this helpful. 47 out of 55 found this helpful. First their courtship through to marriage, -loved the train scene-then to an earthquake in Japan causing a miscarriage and infertility, to the couple deciding to adopt.

She recalls her impulsive marriage to newspaper reporter Roger Adams, which begins on a deliriously happy note but turns out to be fraught with tragedy. While she and Grant always look like movie stars in the film, you can't stop noticing that they look like movie stars, they do their job and do it to perfection. Perhaps the film is what could today be labelled a chick flick, but it's beautifully told, and the two leads are an irresistible pair.My wife and I are huge Blue Valentine fans, so the obvious influences were there and just as heartbreaking. Was this review helpful? (367) IMDb 7.1 2h 7min 1941 PG. It's cute, but also one of those weird movies where kids are treated as replacements for a previous dead child... it's weird.The story seems so ahead of its time. Another thing that is very impressive about the film is a unique film technique for its time. Grant and Dunne show their adeptness at establishing and making us believe they are an intimate married couple. I wasn't expecting such an emotion attack but I was fully involved in the narrative. Directed by George Stevens. The basic point is that marriage depends on things to work properly (the house, money and even children are treated like goodies which sustain the happy couple). Was this review helpful? To double the amount of time he could film the character of Trina both as a baby and as a one-year-old, Stevens hired identical twin girls for Trina at each age.Filming took place from October 14, 1940 to January 15, 1941. Old music has been often used to explore emotions in movies, and "Penny Serenade" is probably the first to do it so well.
He was nominated for a Best Actor Oscar for "Penny Serenade," but lost to Gary Cooper that year for "Sergeant York" (1941). Detailing a married couple's efforts to have children and the strain it brings to their relationship when things do not work out. Discover (and save!) Between their financial struggles, difficulty with infant care and ultimately great tragedy, my heart was with them all the way. Penny Serenade. Even crotchety Edgar Buchanan (as Applejack) is a softy in this movie...I like his performance in this better than all his others.

Was this review helpful? As I have been studying a few Cary Grant film over the past semester I wanted to watch Penny Serenade because I thought it may help an essay I am writing currently. Several people have mentioned the "bathing the baby" scene, but my favourite is the alarm clock scene. It was also interesting the way Dunne went through all the flashback scenes in the movie by playing records that reminded her of their life together. Also some New Years…2019 update: this list has not yet been updated with most of the 1923 films that just became public domain.… 3 out of 3 found this helpful. it has cary grant and it made me cry so.. can't be too bad.When Alfred Hitchcock was interviewed he would tend to talk about his films in terms of building suspense by manipulating the audience. 29 out of 34 found this helpful. George Stevens' heartwarming study of the trials and tribulations of a young married couple is how TV Guide describes this work of art,but you have to see this to understand how heartwarming a movie can be. Roger, a confirmed bachelor who has no patience with children, hides his fortune, which predicts a "wedding soon," and replaces it with "you will always be a bachelor." Penny Serenade. The penny serenade theme and the way the camera plays with the records is really magic. Was this review helpful? When Julie admits that the paper has gone out of business and that Roger has no income, Mrs. Oliver solemnly caps her pen. At that moment, Roger returns, despondent, but as he picks up Julie's suitcase to drive her to the train station, the phone rings. 7 out of 7 found this helpful. Oscars Best Picture Winners Best Picture Winners Golden Globes Emmys San Diego Comic-Con New York Comic-Con Sundance Film Festival Toronto Int'l Film … Was this review helpful? Was this review helpful? When they first meet he's a journalist who's irresponsible with his money and doesn't like children. Dunne contemplates divorce, recollecting the joys and griefs she has shared with her husband. The penny serenade theme and the way the camera plays with the records is really magic.

This film is a gift to the audience. Was this review helpful? There is nothing dull about it, either. This weeper movie turns out to be a simplistic tale , however provides an enjoyable time . Was this review helpful? The chemistry between Cary Grant and Irene Dunne is not as strong here as in The Awful Truth, although that might be because the different tone of this film.Every film that has ever been nominated for an Academy Award in any category.

The movie starts at the end as Irene Dunne's character prepares to leave town and her marriage behind. Was this review helpful? 5 out of 6 found this helpful. Steeling themselves to return their baby, whom they have named Trina, to the orphanage, Roger bundles up the infant and proceeds to the judge's chambers. While listening to a recording of Penny Serenade, Julie Gardiner Adams begins reflecting on her past. Roger tries to console her by telling her that he wants to settle down and buy a small town paper, but Julie responds that a baby is all she ever wanted. It really is a simple story about how a married couple long for having a home and a family of their own. Was this review helpful? 12 out of 15 found this helpful.


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